Welcome to Bermuda

Bathed in the balmy turquoise waters of the Sargasso Sea, the string of islands that is Bermuda is ringed by treacherous reefs that make it one of the world's top diving destinations. With its pastel-colored houses and stately mansions drowning in lush greenery and fragrant frangipani and bougainvillea, their step-like white roofs poised to catch rainwater, Bermuda feels like a genteel chunk of rural England lifted... Read More

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Explore Bermuda's 500 years of history

Perhaps best known for the lore behind the Bermuda Triangle, the 21-square-mile slice of paradise falls victim to many misconceptions: one being that it’s in the Caribbean Sea (it’s actually in the Atlantic Ocean), and another being that it’s a single island (it’s actually a chain of 181). But no one will dispute Bermuda’s vast and varied history that reaches back to the 16th century, nor the country's significance to maritime exploration.

The Commissioner's house in King's Wharf, Bermuda © Pr3t3nd3r / Getty Images
Lauren Finney
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Destination at a glance: Bermuda

Like a vision rising above the otherwise landless central Atlantic, Bermuda is a temperate haven borrowing traditions from distant British and American shores. Truly isolated (the Caribbean is 1600km south), this ink blot of an island group has a culture perfectly encapsulated by the namesake shorts: casual comfort with an overlay of formality.

Traditions seem little changed from the time of Queen Victoria, yet there’s a commercial buzz more fitting of a New World boomtown. The legendary pink sands never fail to amaze and offer beach delights for those tuckered out after sessions of croquet, lawn tennis or golf. Tea beckons at the proper afternoon time; at night however, starchy creases are wrinkled away to booming Bermuda musical beats.
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